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At the tenth Phosphorus Congress, State Secretary Dr. Andre Baumann encouraged local decision-makers to build new sewage sludge mono-incineration plants and to consider phosphorus recovery in the process. concerns everyone: phosphorus is indispensable for life. It is an important component of all living cells and at the same time necessary as fertilizer to produce sufficient food for the population. But so far this vital raw material has still had to be imported for the most part, which is associated with global uncertainty and high costs.
More phosphorus must therefore be recovered locally in Baden-Wurttemberg. Ensuring security of supply with phosphorus Phosphorus is excreted naturally by the body and ends up in the states sewage treatment plants via wastewater disposal and thus in the sewage sludge. This is therefore rich in the critical raw material phosphorus. At the same time, sewage sludge is a permanent but unavoidable waste. In view of the growing world population, dependence on a few supplier countries and the increasing contamination of rock phosphates, the import of phosphorus is becoming increasingly difficult and more vulnerable to crises. It is therefore extremely important for us to recover phosphorus from sewage sludge - it is a virtually never-ending source of phosphorus. We could recover up to 50 percent of the phosphorus needed for fertilizer in this way. But to do this we need enough sewage sludge incineration and phosphorus recovery plants that have the appropriate technology to extract phosphorus, explains the State Secretary in the Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector.
The crucial point in Baden-Wurttemberg lies in building a sufficiently efficient infrastructure for such plants. Recovery obligation from 2029 As part of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, State Secretary for the Environment Dr. Andre Baumann is appealing to local decision-makers to build new sewage sludge mono-incineration plants and to consider phosphorus recovery in the process: The legal obligation of sewage treatment plant operators to recover phosphorus from sewage sludge from 2029 is in place - now is the time to act. But the plants required cannot be built by politicians, but only by municipal or private sector project sponsors. The State Secretary therefore encourages all municipal decision-makers to look for appropriate solutions for their sewage sludge. We all contribute every day to the continued generation of sewage sludge.
It is therefore in the interest of all citizens that this sewage sludge is treated properly and recycled in a resource-saving manner. Baden-Wurttemberg inevitably needs additional capacities for sewage sludge recycling and thus new plants. I expressly welcome the fact that new projects are being launched and that operators are ready to build such sewage sludge mono-incineration and phosphorus recovery plants, emphasizes Baumann. Figures, data, facts The Phosphorus Congress is the most important specialist congress nationwide on the topics of sewage sludge disposal and phosphorus recovery. It will take place on November 18 and 19, 2024 in the Kursaal Bad Cannstatt in Stuttgart. The Ministry of the Environment has provided five million euros from state funds and funds from the European Union (EU) to support the (further) development of ready-to-use and economical processes for phosphorus recovery from sewage sludge and sewage sludge ash.
